Combined awning and blind



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COMBINED AQWNING AND BLIND.

Patented Feb. 9, 1886.

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W. H. JOLLIFFE.

COMBINED AWNING AND BLIND.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

YILLIAM H. JOLLIFFE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

COMBINED AWNlNG AND BLIND.

PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,009, dated February 9, 1886.

Application Filed September 9, 1885. Serial No. 176,56l.

To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. JoLLIEFE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements ina Combined Awning and Blind, of which the following is a specilcation.

My invention relates to an improved combined window blind and awning.

The invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described.

The drawings herewith illustrate the invention.

Figure l is a perspective view from the inner side of a window-frame, showing` in ageneral way the improved blind-awning applied thereto and raised to a position for service as an awning. Fig. 2 is a view from the inner side of the window,showing more in detail the hangings or tackle of the blind-awning. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line z of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows the blind-awning hanging as a blind and the top part lowered. l

Fig. 5 shows the blind-awning hanging as a blind and raised from the bottom. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of a window-frame and blind-awning, showing the latter raised to serve as an awning. Fig. 7 is a view of the make-fast or hitching device.

The letter A designates a window-frame. The blind-awning consists of slats, made of wood or other material, connected together with tapes in a manner somewhat like the well-known Venetian blinds, except that the tapes are on one side only and are directly attached. The tapes b are attached in any convenient manner to the inner side and near the upper edge of the slats c, and the upper ends of the tapes b are made fast to a crossbar, B, by which the slats are suspended, while the lower ends are made fast to the lowermost slat. A metal rod, D, is bent to form two angles, e, and its two parallel ends, f, are each pivoted to an opposite vertical side of the window-frame at a point somewhat below the middle. The cross-bar part e' of this rod is att:.ched, as below explained, to the lower end of thehanging blind'and constitutes astretcher when it is desired the device shall serve as an awning.

To the top of the window-frame, near each (No model.)

side,a pulley, Il., is attached, and at the center between them is a block, E, with three pulleys, the two side ones, h', of which turn in the same plane, while the middle one, k, turns ln a plane at right angles therewith. To each slat e three rings, l, are attached, one at the center and one near each end. These rings thus arranged form three vertical rows on the inner surface of the blind, and by preference4 the said rings are attached on the same vertical line where the tapes are. Acord, l', passes up through each of the two side rows of rings, and the lower end of each of said cords is attached (see Fig. 5) to the cross-bar e of the stretcher-rod, and at the window-frame top each of said cords passes through one of the side pulleys, h, toward the center,and then through one of the pulleys h on the center block, and thence the two cords unite at a point, Z2, in one cord, a, which serves, when pulled, to swing the stretcher-rod on its pivots and put the slats in position to serve as an awning. (See Figs. 1 and 6.)

A make-fast, g, is secured to the middle of the window-sill, and by bitching the cord a thereto the awning will be held.

W'hen the slats are hanging down to cover the window, as a blind, the stretcher-rod D hangs down, as seen in Figs. 4 and 5.

A center cord, m, passes up through the center row of rings, its lower end being made fast to the lowermost Slat, and at the windowframe top it passes through the middle pulley, 7c, on the center block, and thence down at m. By drawing on this down end, m', the lower portion of the blind may be raised from the bottom, in doing which the lower slats will be gathered together and the rings Zon said slats will slide up the side cords, l', as shown in Fig. 5, and the blind will be retained in this position by hitching the said down end, in', of the center cord to the make-fast g on the windowsill.

The down end, m', of the center cord passes loosely through a hole, g', in the make-fast, and its extremity is attached to the cross-bar e of the stretcher. Vhen the said stretcher is swung outward to the position of an awning, that part of the cord m between the make-fast g and the crossbar e serves to draw in the awning.

The ends of the stretcher-bar are pivoted to IOO the window-frame sides at such a point or distance from the frame-top as will permit the cross-bar e to turn clear up and take position below the frame-top, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 6, and-also.A afford room below said frame-top for the gathered slats. By turning the stretcher-bar up to this position the slats will not obstruct the light entering the window.

The top cross-bar of the blind is suspended by a cord, p, whose end is made fast to the center of the said cross-bar. This cord passes up and through a metal eye or pulley, q, fixed at the top of the window-frame, (see Figs. 3 and 4,) and thence passes to one side of the window-frame and through a metal eye or pulley, r, fixed thereto, and thence down alongside ofthe window-frame. The lower end of this cord has a loop, p', which hooks over a suitable knob or pin, s, on the frame side, and thereby the blind is suspended. If it is desired to lower -the top part oi' the blind, as shown in Fig. 4, for the purpose of admitting light at the top, the oord-loop p may be removed from the knob s, and then the top crossbar, B, and blind may be lowered as much as desired, and sustained by bitching the cord on the upper knob, s. By this 'arrangement the blind-awning may be swung out from the bottom by moving the stretcherbar and partially lowered from the top at the same time.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesl In a combined blind and awning, the combination of slats suitably connected together by tapes or equivalent means, each slat provided with rings, and the whole suspended, a stretcher-bar having two parallel ends pivoted to the sides of the window-frame, side cords, Z, attached to the cross-bar of the stretcher, passed up through the rings on the slats, through pulleys at the frame-top and then down, and a center cord, m, having its end made' fast to the lowermost slat, passed up and through a pulley at the top and then down, as set forth'. i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l/VILLIAM H. J'OLLlFFE. Vitnesses:

JOHN E. MORRIS, JNO. T, MADDoX. 

